In my room fungus gnats laugh at worm castings mixed with crab shell and neem. But the carnivorous plants had the last laugh and now they are gone
Recycled Organic Living Soil (ROLS) and No Till Thread
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hyroot
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Either you dont layer it thick enough about 1-2 inches or you need to get better castings. Make your own.In my room fungus gnats laugh at worm castings mixed with crab shell and neem. But the carnivorous plants had the last laugh and now they are gone
coughphee.connoiseur
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anyone out there ever use AMAZE foliar spray to boost brix in a organic grow?
Pattahabi
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They look like enchytraeids (pot worms lol). Nothing I'd worry too much about themselves. I have heard people say they sometimes show up when soil conditions are too wet, too acidic, etc. That's about all I know.
Peace!
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hyroot
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Brix is the sugar content of the plant. Which also. Rings out flavor. Enhancing terpenes. . Watering with molasses or seed sprout teas will raise the. Rid levels quite a bit.
greasemonkeymann
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hey i'll be damned... a pat sighting...They look like enchytraeids (pot worms lol). Nothing I'd worry too much about themselves. I have heard people say they sometimes show up when soil conditions are too wet, too acidic, etc. That's about all I know.
Peace!
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Hows life man?
greasemonkeymann
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a layer of horticultural sand works damn good for that, and if it's bad, go buy the xxxl size pantyhose and modify to "screen" your soil, problem with that is it's more of a preventative thing rather than killing them off, but an inch layer of sand keep them from getting to the organic soil underneath it, and obviously the panty hose is like a screen.
bicit
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So does anyone have idea's on where to get good 'brown' material for a compost pile? I have grass clippings for days, but no brown material this time of year. All the local wood processing businesses have started charging for their waste material...
I seem to have this issue with composting. Either I can get tons of green and no brown. Or I can get tons of brown, but no green material. So I end up having to dispose of the excess green material to keep unpleasant smells in check.
I seem to have this issue with composting. Either I can get tons of green and no brown. Or I can get tons of brown, but no green material. So I end up having to dispose of the excess green material to keep unpleasant smells in check.
Midwest Weedist
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Go buy a bag or two of nice "natural wood" mulch, screen it and use that. I use that stuff in garden beds every year. If you can find it, use mushroom compost. It's loaded with good stuff. I get mycelia growth like crazy when I use it as a mulch, soil amendment, or just when tossing leftover scraps in the compost pile.
Or, let your grass sit out on a tarp in the sun until it's dried.
Pattahabi
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What?! Who? Where? I know nothing... that's my story, and I'm sticking to it!
Hope you are doing well man! It is FrYday, done with the non cannabis work, time to start in the garden! Now someone hand my f'n pipe!
The Prayer Tower turned out amazing this run. The Lemon Thai really comes through in taste and high.
Peace!
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greasemonkeymann
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damn those are some CLOSELY clustered trichs!What?! Who? Where? I know nothing... that's my story, and I'm sticking to it!
Hope you are doing well man! It is FrYday, done with the non cannabis work, time to start in the garden! Now someone hand my f'n pipe!
The Prayer Tower turned out amazing this run. The Lemon Thai really comes through in taste and high.
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Peace!
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Wow!
is that the prayer tower?
How long on the lemon thai, heard that one was a long one.
greasemonkeymann
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what I do man, is simply get some alfalfa feed as your greens. When you can't get the greens that is...
And man... I am going to RAPE the area around my neck of the woods this year for it leaves.
I got SOOO many last yr, and they STILL ended up like a 15th of the size when I started. Not enough for my leafmold..
My leaf shredder broke...
Layer alfalfa over the leaves, you can use amendments too, I used old bat guano (the nitrogen one), shrimp meal, grass clippingss
BUT your question was for browns..
You have access to a forest?
Rotten wood chunks from fallen tree logs would work, and is also a good way to add aeration and humus.
Another idea is maybe some old soil?
primarily you want to provide aeration to the greens, so in theory you could layer it with any aeration, stuff like perlite or whatever.
That's why I suggested old soil.
Obviously you DO want the correct ratio of carbons to nitrogen
Pattahabi
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Thanks Grease! The picture is Prayer Tower (a sativa Lemon Thai x Appalachia). Crossing it to the appy male really cut down on the flowering time. This pheno went 11 weeks.
This is a new pheno that will hopefully be going into flowering soon.
Peace!
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greasemonkeymann
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Nice< 11 weeks ain't bad at all, for a sativa girl that is.
I have the FATTEST squattiest male tranquil elephantiser redux, it's shorter and stinkier than the females I have.
Weird.
And i'm sorta chapped cuz all six of my pineapple hashplants are female... yea, yea, I know.. shouldn't bitch..
Gonna stud that bad boy..
Mohican
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@Pattahabi - what is your main source of PK to get that nice resin coverage?
Pattahabi
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Hey Mo! Honestly, I haven't paid attention to npk for a long time now. I attribute the resin coverage to enzyme teas and just overall healthier plants.
Peace!
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DonPetro
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Mo, have you ever tried soluble seaweed and micronized soft rock phosphate? My peppers are really digging the combo. I add 1/2 tsp of each per gallon of water and apply every other watering.
Mohican
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I have been using kelp juice with every water. I added a bunch of different minerals to the garden including greensand, azomite, and bone. I also compost weeds to get available silica. My dandelions are massive this year!
When I dug the holes in the screen room there were worms the size of pencils! They looked like small snakes
I put these in the ground finally:
Cheers,
Mo
When I dug the holes in the screen room there were worms the size of pencils! They looked like small snakes
I put these in the ground finally:
Cheers,
Mo
bicit
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Do you have a good link that goes over this in a bit more detail?
I do have access to lots of old wood, I just don't have a means of breaking it down. I don't have a chipper or chainsaw unfortunately. I'm actually getting ready to experiment with some hagelkultur raised beds for my vegi garden because of this.
Would waste paper products suffice? I had been planning on just setting the leaves in their own pile this year so I can get some leaf mold.